According to the latest statistics of Canalys, in the third quarter of 2022, the real wireless headset (TWS) is still the only category of personal intelligent audio devices (including TWS, wireless headwear and wireless neck hook) that keeps growing, with a year-on-year growth of 6%, reaching 76.9 million units.

The top five global TWS shipments in the third quarter of 2022 are Apple (31%), Samsung (10%), boAt (5%), Xiaomi (4%) and Skullcandy (3%).

In the Chinese Mainland market, the top five global TWS shipments in the third quarter of 2022 are Apple (17%), Pacer (11%), Xiaomi (11%), Huawei (9%), and QCY (8%).

Nowadays, more and more earphone manufacturers pay attention to the anti loss function. Since the release of Apple's AirTag, everyone has paid more attention to the anti loss of items. Apple's Find My can find iPhone, Mac, AirPods, and Apple Watch. Today's Find My can not only find Apple's devices, but also enrich the layout of Find My Network with the addition of third-party devices. TWS headset and Find My can realize the function of intelligent loss prevention.

Find My Supported Features
Harmful tracking detection function: This function will notify the user of the accessories that may not be recognized normally, and track the location information of such accessories over time.
Loss mode setting number: It supports setting specific devices or accessories to loss mode through this network. You can also set a reserved number to let people contact you when they find it.
Find the location of the lost device: When a user loses a device, it can be marked as the loss mode, and then the device information will spread to each other in the Bluetooth network. Finally, when a user's Bluetooth detects the lost item, it will send its approximate location back to the first lost user to help the user quickly find the device.
Control the device to play sound: it can remotely initiate playing sound to help users find accessories. This action supports both accessory owners and non owners. After finding the approximate location of the accessories, the user can let the owner's iOS device emit a sound to remind, and the owner cancels the reminder to find the device.

In the future, Find My will become an independent network. The addition of third-party devices will enrich the layout of Find My Network. Find My Network will provide a third-party interface to provide better services. It will not damage user privacy. Except for users, neither Apple nor a third party will know the specific location of the phone. Apple's Find My technology uses the Bluetooth wireless signal of Apple devices to create a device network to find lost items. They will work with third-party companies to build Find My Network loss prevention products.

ST17H6x Apple Find My chip

Support Find My Network
Built in 64 KB SRAM, 96 KB ROM storage space, and support multiple external SPI, PWM, DMA, UART
Support SIG Mesh and multiple nodes Friend, LowPower, Proxy and Relay
Perfect security mechanism: hardware encryption based on AES-128 algorithm, hardware accelerator supporting encryption algorithm
Rich communication interfaces and GPIO pins can support multiple scenarios and complex applications